New-York tribune., 1887-12-11
MISS JULIA ROBINSON.

hand on my heart | can safely say, tha' s'",o -, w
.durng the whole ehtecn years 'ha' II" ,o tbe
have never once swcrvcd In III! @i' e'
lovely Julia Robinson ,u ,ho sixth
N,ea Rolinson's eyes-lcwcrcd to iead lor 'io - -
or seventh time tho letter which lay before hor-"0
sd 10 ax themselves on the opposite glass; Ill wiz.
sro copld scr herself reflected A soft PINK hisn n'
mounted to her checks, a little sn'le pay 80 60
month She rose from her chair ana won. n.'"''' ~
That sho mi ght take stock Of herself more cr'"''
al sup2ose | was thought very pre- " sh0 saw"
"rvcrvbodv tells me so. don't think am very hu'"
,,rel Nv balr is the same "-and she pulled down all
ouhurn coil sweet seventeen might have cnVeu- NY
complexion Is good and don't feel DID, ai'houe" a."
sevcn- andthrty Thirty seven on dear au a'' n'o
beavcd a sigh, and again betook herself 10 iea'''e ~
letter. , q would
,o, d,gcrcncc I'm mc7 OF course he must know
,o, :, = in,nossible can be exactly Ike the pl0tl"
She laughed softly over the rccolcc''ohS e''.i w
bv thinking Of that pictnrc-a porUa' VI
which the writer Of the letter certain MI N''P
penbcrtbv had. eighteen years ago, when saH'"e H
hv uosscsscd himself of surrcptously putting IL 'o
his pockct while waiting I'm the draW'hs-'oo 49,,
abstraction was not discovered until lie was wei on MS
,,av In India and then-oh, dear! what terroio iuS
cnscd for this was not in the days OF pho'os'"p"''
od 10 havo miniature exqulsitely painted on worry
carried off by pudding face young man, overcome oS
despair because at the height of his cahoNc Nv was
scpf Of IA.
uowhcr father had stormcd how her dear Ho'"'i n'
screcncd her: what a chorus of scorn had the whoc
family ioIncd I'm against that awkward s'up" iou''
overcrown Dolly Pcnbcrthy, whom Julia must nav
cncoura rcl or he woull never have dar'u 10 pr '
n take such liberty" julia herself had been ihuiE""
,cvond measure at the libel cast upon her 1t was
and that She did not denythat she had been gum! Vi
o,sinc with some mem but with Dolly PeIperthy-
ncverl And yet she was contemplating u''
possibility of marrying himf ,
yes certainly while reading the proposal cohtalhcu
In that letter such all idea had come TO her FOR h'
heart had been touched by SO much ,conStdn'S anu
devotion and beyond that far stronger tha" she "o
lave cared to admit wa, the craving for lovc-a love
wholly and entirely her own, which was not shared
with any body.
Years which had robbed fair Julia of some OF her
personal charms lad added fourfod to the sweetness oI
her character and the girl whose hgh SplIl'7 ""'
light heart lad sometimes carried her into what hai
been Justly termed Irritation, had grown into n
sweet earnest, tcrGcr woman with no higher amp'uoh
than 10 be q true wife to the Tan who Wouu i"'' u
his happiness to her She was AuntIc 10 all 'lo i''o
ones around and every married man OF h'r az
Quantance joined IN wonder that Julia sun rc"'"'"
Miss Robinson.
Niss Rolinson herself might have answered that,
many a. her onors had been, not one had come rom
any man sho cared for. And sorcr point to hc1s'i
than being still single that She had never pceh "
love OF late had often occurred to her that ehe
must have looked for much, that had se said Yes
where had said No." she would have peeh "se'
as well Is a happier VT man.
She had not been educated in tho days OF high
schools classes and colleges To take up art or sci
ence was quito beyond her. Somehow diSilct-visithg
did her VOCATION and her attempts AT an am
buancc class had ended n utter failure. Poor MISS
julia She kept smiling face over a heart that was
growing very sore 1t seemed II there was nothing
for her to do-nobody wanted her; and in the very
midst of this when the tide Of dcspondcncy was slowly
setting in this letter had cOme saying that She sun
was cnshrlncd in the memory of one man, who for all
these years had kept constant to her, and that II sh'
wonld consent to undertake so long iOurney-ior II
was impossible for Mr. Pcnberthy TO leave lnda-shc
would make him the happicst of men, lie further en-
tered on his means and the luXues he could give her.
and ended by cntrcang her 10 reply by return OF post
and tell him that he not hoping In vain
Miss Robinson had no longer any parents to consult
both were long since dead. Ii she had told her sisters
that she had had offer from the Grand Turk they
would have advised her accepting him. She there
fore relied on her judgment TO guide hcr, ana the
mall for that month carried ont letter, IN which she
frankly asked Mr. Penbcrhy II he had fully realized
the change that must have taken place In her since
they last parted She begged him to Tccolcct that
while he at forty stl man In bis prime, She was
no longer looked young woman, and that un'll
She felt assured these and other facts set down were
present in his mnd she could not accept his Ohcr'
much as 1t eratiled her.
The reply to this letter in due time written
with all the impcuosity Of most ardent lover II
vour sweet face was wrnhlcd and your lovely hair
grown gray. wrote the infatuated Adolphus, "you
would only be so riuch the dcarer to me- All want
IS to know that You consent to DC mine and accept the
name Of Penbcrthy in place Of that of Robinson"
So the matter was decided and the news was spread
abroad everybody taking quite an unusual interest In
the affair, for most Of us have touch OF romance IN
our nature and 1t was like a thing reads Of In
story A young dcs pcratcly in love, obliged 10
60 away running off with his ladylovc' picture; and
them after years had passed. writing TO her again 10
tell hei he had always kept faithful, and that now he
had made his fortune he wanted her to share II with
him. There was only thing to be hoped that II
Miss Julia could not return his love, she would, at
least make up by her gratitude OF course, 1t was
plain to from what had gone before that all the
affection one side. Still Julia Robinson must
remember that she longer young girl, and
though she kept her looks very well, as those who
knew her now knew she not what she had been
few of the more Onlcous Of her friends undertook
TO give her good advice on this score at which,
though she took II quite amiably. Miss Julia smiled
Her future plan Of action was quite decided on In her
own mind already As much as 1t lay I'm woman to
be good wife, that wife She intended to be. al Will
learn love him with all my heart" She said TO her
self repeatedly he shall never have TO regret that he
kept constant to me- And then she would take
good look at herself In ths glass smiling She turned
away, and declaring she more vain now than at
any former time Of her life.
Mr.. Pcnbcrhy had rather dwc on his good means.
and the important position he held He had suggested
In language as delicate as hc could command, that
seeing essential for his wife TO go good deal
into society, Of the expenses OF the trOusscan
Should fail to bis share. this Miss julia would
not allow neither would she permit him to pay her
pass age money. "When am his wife," she said Il
will accept everything at his hands but not now. Be
jidcs, by selling the little property have can annly
provide all can possibly nccd'
Most OF the many who, Nor to her departure went
10 Inspect tho pretty things provided for the outfit,
thought that Miss Julia rather serious than
demanded by the ason The good naturcd
fanced she dreaded the Journey that she felt she
going far away from all her friends tho less kindly
hoped she sufficiently thankful for evidence
had done for her" Very few girls who had refused
ma afier annilcr. as She had dnnn cnt IL The